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Yesterday I got out with Coinnut for a full day of cellar hunting . My first decent sounding target was this very large shoe buckle :smitten:.
cleaning it i was please to see the ornate design work that was tooled into it :thumbsup02:
Then a short distance from the buckle i got a very good but "one way" tone and wasn't quite sure it was a copper . happy it was :happy:
from the picture it looks as though lady libery's head has some damage or a counterstamp at the moment its soaking so the verdict is out at the moment.:dontknow:
later in the day i picked up my second crotal bell for the year this one is a "petal" type
with the initials
S N on the bottom . this is the information i got up on the maker .
"Seth North, born 1779, died 1851, was the younger brother of James North. Seth originally worked with his father as a blacksmith, but about 1801 he started to cast sleigh bells with his brother James after James and Joseph Shipman (below) ended their brief partnership. Seth took over full operation of the North foundry in 1803 after James moved to New York state. (18) Seth's early bells have a U-shaped cast shank. His later bells have the drilled shank that characterizes most New Britain sleigh bells.
Seth was active in a variety of business pursuits in New Britain throughout his lifetime. His bell foundry closed in 1840."
this example has the "U" shaped cast shank so its one of his earlier bells
heres the rest of my take ,
other notables were a suspender clip and a small sash or ribbon buckle . there was one small area where i almost thought i had multiple coin targets in a 2ft area in a field but turned out to be about a dozen copper rivets . from a horse reign :bangahead02::bangahead02::lol:
these finds are from today as I got with our very own MangoAve (Jim) for a few hours to hit a cellar hole . pickings were slim to say the least:yes: if your up for another try at it Jim let me know and we'll try to get something scheduled , maybe with a few members.thanks for the company today sir .:notworthy:
the button is one of them heavy silver plated type and the shoe buckle was a great sounding target but was just under a copper signal . At first i pulled just the chape and tongue up but quickly checked the hole to hear the frame , does it still count as a whole one Dave .
thanks for looking and thanks to Jim for putting up with me :lol:
cleaning it i was please to see the ornate design work that was tooled into it :thumbsup02:
Then a short distance from the buckle i got a very good but "one way" tone and wasn't quite sure it was a copper . happy it was :happy:
from the picture it looks as though lady libery's head has some damage or a counterstamp at the moment its soaking so the verdict is out at the moment.:dontknow:
later in the day i picked up my second crotal bell for the year this one is a "petal" type
with the initials
S N on the bottom . this is the information i got up on the maker .
"Seth North, born 1779, died 1851, was the younger brother of James North. Seth originally worked with his father as a blacksmith, but about 1801 he started to cast sleigh bells with his brother James after James and Joseph Shipman (below) ended their brief partnership. Seth took over full operation of the North foundry in 1803 after James moved to New York state. (18) Seth's early bells have a U-shaped cast shank. His later bells have the drilled shank that characterizes most New Britain sleigh bells.
Seth was active in a variety of business pursuits in New Britain throughout his lifetime. His bell foundry closed in 1840."
this example has the "U" shaped cast shank so its one of his earlier bells
heres the rest of my take ,
other notables were a suspender clip and a small sash or ribbon buckle . there was one small area where i almost thought i had multiple coin targets in a 2ft area in a field but turned out to be about a dozen copper rivets . from a horse reign :bangahead02::bangahead02::lol:
these finds are from today as I got with our very own MangoAve (Jim) for a few hours to hit a cellar hole . pickings were slim to say the least:yes: if your up for another try at it Jim let me know and we'll try to get something scheduled , maybe with a few members.thanks for the company today sir .:notworthy:
the button is one of them heavy silver plated type and the shoe buckle was a great sounding target but was just under a copper signal . At first i pulled just the chape and tongue up but quickly checked the hole to hear the frame , does it still count as a whole one Dave .
thanks for looking and thanks to Jim for putting up with me :lol:
